Today was a bit of an odd day. I took my ipod in to the Apple Store to see what, if anything, they could do about my headphone jack. As it turned out, there was nothing they could do to repair the jack, so with a bit of a heavy heart, I recycled my old ipod, and bought a new one. The recycling saved me about $25, so that was cool.
It was tough, though. That ipod had 5 years of musical memories in it. I remember when I first got it, Christmas of 2007. I had wanted an ipod for at least a couple of years, asked for it at every holiday I could. When I finally got one, I was thrilled beyond belief. And then a funny thing happened. The first few weeks... I almost forgot that I had it. It hadn't quite worked its way into my everyday life yet. But once it did, oh once it did, the ipod went everywhere with me. And it has every day for the last 5 years. Hell, I feel stranger leaving the house without my ipod now than I do without my cell phone.
Also of note, it took me a little more than 3 hours to get all of the music transferred from itunes onto the new ipod. Then again, 15,000+ songs will do that to you.
Life has been all about new journeys and new experiences for the last 8 months or so, all of them good, so I suppose it makes sense that a new ipod come along on that ride.
Other notes from today include:
1) Apparently Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio fame) has a new side project with a backing group called The Sekrets. The record is called Babylon, and I only stumbled across it because I was out at the mall with some time to kill before my Apple Store appointment. I stopped in at F.Y.E., and they had the record sitting right out front. It's like I was supposed to see it. Skiba's freaking brilliant, so it was definitely a wise purchase.
2) Technically, I discovered this next bit a couple of days ago, I just keep forgetting to write about it. I was online at work the other day, and flashed back to a couple of years ago, right after Jakob Dylan started releasing solo discs. The Wallflowers had put out a best of, Collected: 1996-2005, and rumors persisted of a second collection to come with B-sides, rarities, and soundtrack stuff. It occurred to me to check and see if there was any news on that second disc, and what I found made me smile. Apparently Jakob is putting the band back together! Word on the street is that a new Wallflowers record is due out this fall sometime, which makes me happy, because, while I loved his solo records, I have dearly missed his wonderful, rootsy, rock band.
Keith Richards and Jakob Dylan make me want to go out and buy a Telecaster. Just sayin'.
It was tough, though. That ipod had 5 years of musical memories in it. I remember when I first got it, Christmas of 2007. I had wanted an ipod for at least a couple of years, asked for it at every holiday I could. When I finally got one, I was thrilled beyond belief. And then a funny thing happened. The first few weeks... I almost forgot that I had it. It hadn't quite worked its way into my everyday life yet. But once it did, oh once it did, the ipod went everywhere with me. And it has every day for the last 5 years. Hell, I feel stranger leaving the house without my ipod now than I do without my cell phone.
Also of note, it took me a little more than 3 hours to get all of the music transferred from itunes onto the new ipod. Then again, 15,000+ songs will do that to you.
Life has been all about new journeys and new experiences for the last 8 months or so, all of them good, so I suppose it makes sense that a new ipod come along on that ride.
Other notes from today include:
1) Apparently Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio fame) has a new side project with a backing group called The Sekrets. The record is called Babylon, and I only stumbled across it because I was out at the mall with some time to kill before my Apple Store appointment. I stopped in at F.Y.E., and they had the record sitting right out front. It's like I was supposed to see it. Skiba's freaking brilliant, so it was definitely a wise purchase.
2) Technically, I discovered this next bit a couple of days ago, I just keep forgetting to write about it. I was online at work the other day, and flashed back to a couple of years ago, right after Jakob Dylan started releasing solo discs. The Wallflowers had put out a best of, Collected: 1996-2005, and rumors persisted of a second collection to come with B-sides, rarities, and soundtrack stuff. It occurred to me to check and see if there was any news on that second disc, and what I found made me smile. Apparently Jakob is putting the band back together! Word on the street is that a new Wallflowers record is due out this fall sometime, which makes me happy, because, while I loved his solo records, I have dearly missed his wonderful, rootsy, rock band.
Keith Richards and Jakob Dylan make me want to go out and buy a Telecaster. Just sayin'.
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